03/01/2006

Mike Huckabee, Katharine Harris, to Speak at March Reclaiming America for Christ Conference
"If Christians will decide that though they can't do everything, they can do something, and what they can do they will do, we can change this nation"

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fl., Mar. 1 -- Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and U.S. Rep. Katharine Harris will be among 18 speakers at the Reclaiming America for Christ conference, March 17-18, 2006, in Fort Lauderdale. Huckabee is a Southern Baptist minister who has served as Arkansas governor since 1996. Rep. Harris is an evangelical Christian and a two-term U.S. Representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district.

The two-day conference, organized by the D. James Kennedy-founded Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, attracts evangelicals from across the nation who are eager to apply their faith to the public square.

"If Christians will decide that though they can't do everything, they can do something, and what they can do they will do, we can change this nation," said Dr. Kennedy. "We can change America for the good. We can make it a better, more moral, more spiritual nation than it has degenerated into in the last few decades.”

The conference schedule and other details are available at http://www.reclaimamerica.org/PAG ES/CONFERENCES/RAC2006/.

There will be a conference media briefing on Friday, March 17, at 5:20 PM, featuring Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Gary Cass, and Gov. Huckabee (see details below).

Gov. Huckabee and Rep. Harris will be joined at Reclaiming America for Christ 2006 by a roster of frontline Christian leaders, including:

Dr. Gary Cass, Executive Director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a grassroots action organization with over 800,000 online participants; Michael Farris, a homeschool leader and president of Patrick Henry College, recently ranked as one of America’s top ten conservative colleges; Dr. Marvin Olasky, editor of World, the nation’s fourth largest newsmagazine, and the intellectual force behind “compassionate conservatism”; Dr. Rick Scarborough, president of American Vision, which seeks to mobilize pastors to put biblical values back into every aspect of the public arena; William Federer, author, former congressional candidate and host of the daily radio feature American Minute; Dr. Peter Lillback, president of Westminster Theological Seminary and author of a definitive, forthcoming volume on the faith of George Washington. Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest public policy women's organization David C. Gibbs III, a Christian Law Association attorney who represented the family of Terri Schiavo.

Other conference speakers include Bishop Dr. George McKinney, a Church of God in Christ pastor and author of The New Slavemasters; Rev. John Sorensen, Executive Vice President of Evangelism Explosion International; Alan Chambers, Executive Director of Exodus International; Ramon Arias, a broadcaster, activist, and co-founder of Cultural Legacy; Barbara Collier, National Field Director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ; Jim Sedlak, Executive Director of STOPP; and Chaplain (LTC) Kenneth L. Beale, Jr., U. S. Army.

To register for Reclaiming America for Christ 2006, March 17-18, at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, please call 1-800-988-7884, or visit www.reclaimamerica.org. Conference registration is $99, with a one-day rate of $49 There is no conference registration fee for pastors in full-time pulpit ministry. Governor Huckabee will speak at the Salt & Light Awards Banquet, Friday, March 17. The banquet, priced separately, is $40

Founded in 1996 by Dr. D. James Kennedy, the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ provides non- partisan, non-denominational information, training and support; enabling those interested to positively affect the culture and renew the vision of the Founding Fathers. The Center offers many resources to inform, equip, motivate, and support the endeavors of the Christian activist.